But he got back up, like an injured soldier clawing his was out of a trench to go back for more.

Every time it looked as though Brizuela had closed the show, Coyle refused to take the count.

Not only that, he brought just as much of an attack straight back to Brizuela in spades, eventually picking up the TKO victory late on in a fight ESPN would go on to nominate for ‘Fight of the Year’ honours.

To this day it’s difficult to imagine for whom the fight had been the more trying: Coyle for taking such immeasurable pain, or Brizuela for having to watch his opponent climb back to his feet times over.

If there’s any young fighters out there that are struggling to comprehend exactly what real drive looks like, they need not look any further than when Tommy Coyle came back from the brink the night of February 22nd, 2014: